Toyo Engineering Corp. (Tokyo) has been selected as the commissioned contractor of a project called: “Surveys of suitability of demonstration requirements for demonstration research project on an electrification technology of ethylene cracking furnaces realizing net zero emissions of CO2 in Thailand,” in consort with Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
Toyo’s new project focuses on the electrification of ethylene cracking furnaces, realizing net zero emissions of CO2 (Source: Toyo)
This basic study project will evaluate the demonstration research planned to be carried out for developing the electrification technology and its business in Thailand, with regard to the fitness and feasibility as a NEDO project, as well as the possibility of widespread utilization of the developed technology after the demonstration.
In the process of producing ethylene, the main base material for petrochemical products, a large amount of CO2 is emitted from the cracking furnace that burns fossil fuels to obtain the required heat. This accounts for most of the CO2 emissions of the entire ethylene plant. By the electrification of ethylene cracking furnaces, CO2 emissions can be reduced to zero in theory, which meets the demands of the times. Toyo’s electrified cracking furnace technology is named e-Furnace and is being developed for commercialization.
Decarbonization of ethylene cracking furnaces is one of Toyo’s important themes for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Toyo will contribute to it through the demonstration and commercialization of e-Furnace technology.